Ezekiel 19
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
2And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
3And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
4The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
5Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
6And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
7And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.
8Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
9And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
10Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
11And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
12But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
13And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
14And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- הָיָהhâyâhH19616× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- אֵלʼêlH4136× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- כְּפִירkᵉphîyrH37154× in this chapter
a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
- אָכַלʼâkalH3984× in this chapter
to eat (literally or figuratively)
- מַטֶּהmaṭṭehH42944× in this chapter
a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread)
- עַלʻalH59214× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7764× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- גּוּרgûwrH14823× in this chapter
a cub (as still abiding in the lair), especially of the lion
- עֹזʻôzH57973× in this chapter
strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)
- קִינָהqîynâhH70153× in this chapter
a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments)
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9353× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- אָדָםʼâdâmH1202× in this chapter
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- גּוֹיgôwyH14712× in this chapter
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
- חָחchâchH23972× in this chapter
a ring for the nose (or lips)
- אֶחָדʼechâdH2592× in this chapter
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
- טָרַףṭâraphH29632× in this chapter
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
- טֶרֶףṭerephH29642× in this chapter
something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food
- יָבֵשׁyâbêshH30012× in this chapter
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34782× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- לֹאlôʼH38082× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- לָמַדlâmadH39252× in this chapter
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
- מַיִםmayimH43252× in this chapter
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- מָשַׁלmâshalH49102× in this chapter
to rule
- אֵםʼêmH5172× in this chapter
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
- נָתַןnâthanH54142× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- פְּרִיpᵉrîyH65292× in this chapter
fruit (literally or figuratively)
- קוֹלqôwlH69632× in this chapter
a voice or sound
- רָאָהrâʼâhH72002× in this chapter
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- אֲרִיʼărîyH7382× in this chapter
a lion
- שֵׁבֶטshêbeṭH76262× in this chapter
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
- אֵשׁʼêshH7842× in this chapter
fire (literally or figuratively)
- שַׁחַתshachathH78452× in this chapter
a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction
- שָׁמַעshâmaʻH80852× in this chapter
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- שָׁתַלshâthalH83622× in this chapter
to transplant
- תָּוֶךְtâvekH84322× in this chapter
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
- תָּפַשׂtâphasH86102× in this chapter
to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably
- בֵּיןbêynH9962× in this chapter
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
- גָּבַהּgâbahhH13611× in this chapter
to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty
- גֹּבַהּgôbahhH13631× in this chapter
elation, grandeur, arrogance
- גֶּפֶןgephenH16121× in this chapter
a vine (as twining), especially the grape